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Points to Ponder
"In our attempt to blame poverty on prejudice, we have taught the poor to be prejudiced against the basic values necessary to sustain a free and civil society.... We've taught them there are no real absolutes to the human condition -- except perhaps that the highest value in life is to acquire things." --Star Parker [American RealPolitik]
7:49:59 PM 
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Riding Shotgun in The Sky.
"Unlike movie scenes of gunfights aboard airliners," he said, "one or even several bullet holes will not be large enough to cause rapid de-pressurization of the cabin." But if the aircraft were at 30,000 feet and some slow depressurization began to occur, he said, the pilot would immediately ask for air controller permission to descend to about 10,000 feet. [Planenews Aviation News Portal]
2:33:41 PM
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Good Stuff..
Speaking of guns, Michelle Malkin has a good article up with regard to the recent fracus involving Bloomberg and his craptastic comments towards the NRA and other 2nd Amendment Rights organizations. Read the article if you like, but remove all throwable objects from reach [Capitalist Lion]
2:16:02 PM
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Will on Kerry Hypocrasy
Moe over at Occam's Toothbrush pointed out this George Will article from yesterday containing 28 questions for John Kerry. My favorites follow...[American RealPolitik]
2:13:03 PM
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"Nixon's War"
According to Sean Hackbarth, John Kerry referred to Viet-Nam as "Nixon's War" in the Wisconsin debate Sunday. Since Nixon came into office in 1969, and the war started in earnest in 1965 (500,000 troops in-country by 1967), this is a... [The Interocitor]
2:10:48 PM
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Senator Byrd,
As a retired Naval Officer, with two Gulf carrier deployments under my belt, I find your criticism of President Bush's visit to the Lincoln offensive in the extreme! This is the first time that the Commander-in-Chief took time out of his schedule to pay a visit to thank those who served in the line of fire, in a way that was both dramatic and meaningful to those on the carrier.
Perhaps if LBJ got off his fat ass to do something similar, our troops' morale in Vietnam might not have been so low.
As a Naval officer, I am extremely sensitive to styles of leadership............[The Mudville Gazette]
7:12:44 AM
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A "geek" valentines day card.
My wife got me a cute valentines' day card.
It said on the outside:
"Treat me like the Internet..."
And on the inside it said:
"Spend all day with me."
Ouch. [The Scobleizer]
6:28:21 AM
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6:03:07 AM
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Dems' Daytona Debut Disappoints
Top Democratic qualifier John Kerry, piloting the #69 Grey Poupon Citroen, narrowly missed a chance to move into the top 43 after the Viagra Monte Carlo of Mark Martin prematurely blew up on lap 8 and limped flaccidly into the pit. Kerry also pitted during the yellow flag for two tires and a glass of chardonnay, but his pit crew had gone on general strike. A new labor contract was quickly agreed to, but Kerry remained on pit road for over 2 hours before receiving a United Nations Security Council resolution to return to the race. [iowahawk]
12:22:48 AM
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